| 单词 | arrow of time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarrow of time arrow of time n. = time's arrow n. at time n., int., and conj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > time's arrow arrow of time1917 time's arrow1928 1917 Boston Sunday Post 13 May 37/1 Like an old building, redolent with historic traditions.., so does ‘Treasure Island’ cause the spectator the sensation that he has pushed back the whirring arrow of time and is viewing what his ancestors once regarded as ‘the real thing’. 1929 Science 25 Oct. 395/1 If we had a system in absolute equilibrium the entropy would be constant, and there would then be no arrow of time. 1977 P. C. W. Davies Space & Time in Mod. Universe iii. 60 Many authors refer to the arrow of time or the direction of time and do not make the distinction between time asymmetry and the flow of time. 2009 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 29 Oct. 1 From birth to death, we travel the arrow of time on a decidedly one-way road. < as lemmas |
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